10 Best Companies To Work For In 2010 (Part 1)
Fortune magazine recently released their top one hundred best companies to work for in 2010 based on job growth, amount of employees, the best paying, and those with the best perks. Below we've listed the top five companies from Fortune's list of 100, look for Part 2 to 10 Best Companies to Work for in 2010 for the second five best companies to work for.
Ranked 1st – SAS Institute Inc. (North Carolina)
Job Growth – 2 percent
U.S. Employees – 5,487
Those who have followed Fortune's prior lists of best companies are not surprised to see SAS on top. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a major producer of computer software. Benefits include high quality childcare allowance of $410 per month and 90 percent coverage of health insurance premium.
Ranked 2nd – Edward Jones (Missouri)
Job Growth – 8 percent
U.S. Employees – 37,079
Edward Jones Investments, currently headquartered in Des Peres, Missouri, was first founded in 1922 and is one of the few investment advisory companies that managed to weather the recession. Throughout our recent economic downturn, Edward Jones managed to keep all 12,615 office locations open, though salaries were frozen and their British division was sold late last year.
Ranked 3rd – Wegmans Food Markets (New York)
Job Growth – 0 percent
U.S. Employees – 36,770
Wegmans Food Markets, founded in 1916, is a supermarket chain in the mid-Atlantic region with an estimated 75 store locations. Formally ranked first in Fortune's 2005 best company report, Wegmans has never had a layoff and more than 4,000 employees have been employed with the company for more than fifteen years, that's eleven percent of their workforce.
Ranked 4th – Google (California)
Job Growth – not available
U.S. Employees – not available
Google, for those of you who don't already know, is the world's leading internet search engine. In addition to offering web-surfers a user-friendly website search tool, Google offers hundreds of services, mainly internet related. Rumor has it that Google, which was first founded in 1998, will be hiring thousands of employees in 2010. Employee benefits are great and Google recently increased 401k matching and added a stock-option exchange program.
Ranked 5th – Nugget Market (California) Job Growth – (-16) percent U.S. Employees – 1,342 Nugget Markets is a supermarket chain that operates in the greater Sacramento, California metropolitan area. Headquartered in Woodland, California, Nugget Market is known for its employee-appreciation. During recent hardships, the supermarket worked to help their workers by offering cards good for ten percent discounts on $500 of groceries each month.
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